Software Engineer Principal

Job ID: 2616582

Location: Point Mugu NAWC, CA, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-08

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is looking for a Software Engineer with experience in developing innovative solutions that will be used to meet warfighter needs to support the US Electronic Support (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) capability development. This position is located in the Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA area and requires an active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance.

JOB DUTIES:

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs application software.
• Conducts analysis and collaborates with subject matter experts in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for information storage, processing, presentation, manipulation, display, or reporting.
• End product may be special use, customized, or commercial software.
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops autonomous services, desktop applications, web applications, scripts, and utility programs.
• Ensures software standards are met.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

• Bachelors and 9 years or more experience; years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Software Knowledge: C# .NET, Git, Azure DevOps, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio.
• An understanding of Relational Databases and SQL.
• Ability to modernize technical debt (convert old Winforms into WebServices).
• Strong concepts of MVVM/MVC, Interfaces, and writing Unit Testing.
• Must have an active SECRET security clearance. Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance post hire.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Software Knowledge: Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, Excel.
• Ability to read and/or generate Use Cases or SRS documentation.
• Basic understanding of Stored Procedures to translate to software.
• Basic understanding of database restore.
• GUI: Winforms, WPF, TypeScript with REACT/REDUX, ASP.NET.
• EW Knowledge.
• An understanding of SQL datatypes.
• Complex dynamic SQL queries crossing several databases.
• BCP and Extract Transform and Load(ETL).
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Knowledge of Agile Development Process.
  Kanban.
• Scrum (Sprints).
• Understanding of tree structures.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .